tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87277913406783583922019-03-16T03:27:51.010-04:00taste my kidsmfalcnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-40126359684768372672019-02-08T14:31:00.003-05:002019-03-16T03:27:50.928-04:00A BIG STACK OF MURDEROUS 2018 ALBUMSAKA "THE ALBUMS FROM 2018 THAT MAKE YOU GO BOING"<br /><br /><center><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b16uaP-40Hw/XFgFZrZBezI/AAAAAAAAIRI/loVKytigvE0vepWQDWWH-LuvqjlAJ2w9QCLcBGAs/s1600/Record-Collection-Vinyl-Frontier-1.jpg" width="280"></center><br />We think 2018 was a fine year for hope and jobs - probably the finest since back in Gulf War times - while it was an adequate year for cash as well. <br /><br />But speaking of that, we have some huge news: So our neighbor's preparing to move out, and the other day, he casually mentions that he doesn't know what to do with this surplus of hope, jobs, and cash laying around in his backyard. "I was thinking maybe I should donate them to the Goodwill." But then he offers us first dibs at the stash if we can help him move it over to our garage. He said he'd be happy for us to take it off his hands. Can you believe that? It's the largest stash of hope, jobs, and cash that we've ever seen, all kinda stacked up on one of those 48 x 40 pallets that they have at Costco. And it just so happened that the in-laws' left their forklift in our garage last weekend, so we lugged it over to our place. What luck! So anyway, anyone reading this should feel free to stop over anytime if you guys could use any of this stuff. It's a pretty sweet collection of hope, jobs, and cash, and there's more than enough to go around.<br /><br /><h1>60. Belzebong <i>Light the Dankness</i></h1>They put the word "bong" in their band name. It's crazy that no one else has thought of this yet.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2175166868_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3960819445/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://belzebong.bandcamp.com/album/light-the-dankness">Light the Dankness by Belzebong</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>59. The Breeders <i>All Nerve</i></h1><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwNvys9ZhGU">"You got some nerve calling me on Shabbat."</a> Kim and Kelly have more than just some. Jim has some nerve though, and Josephine has the most nerve. Collectively, the four of them might have all of the nerve.<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5a8f17d0b8c3f77d9ba0461f/1:1/w_320/The%20Breeders_All%20Nerve.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/692397237&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>58. Nine Inch Nails <i>Bad Witch</i></h1>Long before we got laid off from Buzzfeed, they posted an "article" stating yet another tired observation relating qualities between Trent from <i>Daria</i> and the lead Nine Inch Nail member (whose name is also Trent). We won't link to the "article" because you know how to use a search engine. What the media doesn't want you to know: Diane Nguyen and Daria Morgendorffer are actually the same person. Mere moments away from breaking this earth-shattering story, we all got laid off from Buzzfeed. Coincidence? <br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5b21342d57d25b55cad148ea/1:1/w_320/bad%20witch.jpg" width="300"><br /><a href="http://www.nin.com/nine-inch-nails-bad-witch/">http://www.nin.com/nine-inch-nails-bad-witch/</a><br /><br /><h1>57. Nicki Minaj <i>Queen</i></h1>That very famous song by Queen "Bohemian Rap-Kitties" <i>"meow-meooowwww just killed a meowww..."</i> Everytime it comes on, we're just like "classic..." and just like nodding with our eyes closed. Classic shit man.<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5b6da846bd15e70edbb72e33/1:1/w_320/NickiMinaj_Queen.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/579606255&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>56. Terry <i>I’m Terry</i></h1>It looks like the only place to stream Tim and Eric's short film <i>The Terrys</i> is <a href="https://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/the-terrys-full/81435754/">at ebaumsworld - a website that we did not know still existed</a>.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2448582721_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1799141938/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://terryhq.bandcamp.com/album/im-terry">I&#39;m Terry by Terry</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>55. Kristian North <i>The Last Rock n’ Roll Record</i></h1>So if you lined up every rock and roll record all in a row, this one called dibs on the caboose.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2119031745_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679039822/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://kristiannorth.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-rock-n-roll-record">The Last Rock N Roll Record by Kristian North</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>54. Various Artists <i>Turkish Ladies: Female Singers from Turkey (1974 - 1988)</i></h1>We're surprised we didn't see any 10-year-anniversary thinkpieces on Beyonce's sleeper hit "All the Turkish Ladies."<br /><img src="https://light-in-the-attic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/release_image/22093/image/large_550_tmp_2F1524594751284-be4hohxoat9-ac006ecd582266a7f3afc5d78cebb545_2F190758025513.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/396808737&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>53. Colter Wall <i>Songs of the Plains</i></h1>Sing like nobody's listening. That's the outlaw country way. (Actually that's a lie. No one ever said that.)<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5bbb6de3b5a62d2d54af6452/1:1/w_320/Colter%20Wall_Songs%20of%20the%20Plains.jpg" width="300"><br /><a href="http://www.colterwall.com/">http://www.colterwall.com/</a><br /><br /><h1>52. Hailu Mergia <i>Lala Belu</i></h1>We knew it would take a while to get to the front of the line at the DMV so we set up the PA and blasted the fuck out of <i>Lala Belu</i>. No one was yelling "yo shut the fuck up" but instead they were just nodding their heads like "yo mmm yea oh oooh mmmm."<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3402681544_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=207919215/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://hailumergia.bandcamp.com/album/lala-belu">Lala Belu by Hailu Mergia</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>51. David Nance Group <i>Peaced and Slightly Pulverized</i></h1>David got the band back together down by the river. Be on my side; I'll be on your side.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1240534937_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=396079365/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://davidnance.bandcamp.com/album/peaced-and-slightly-pulverized-2">Peaced and Slightly Pulverized by David Nance</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>50. Yo La Tengo <i>There’s A Riot Going On</i></h1>You can take Hanukkah out of Maxwell's, but you can't take the Maxwell's out of Hanukkah. Ira, where you at?<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5a74846e153890789e0620cc/1:1/w_320/There's%20A%20Riot%20Going%20On%20.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/473350263&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>49. Bat Fangs <i>Wolfbite</i></h1>I thought you looked rabid, boy. Now listen close. Get the hell out of my classroom before you infect anyone else with your sickness! You stink of death! Butt-head! This man requires immediate medical attention!<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2464380937_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1246827356/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://batfangs.bandcamp.com/album/bat-fangs">Bat Fangs by Bat Fangs</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>48. Lil Peep <i>Come Over When You’re Sober Part 2</i></h1>2018 was the year my phone broke, so now Gustav no longer lives in my phone.<br /><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Come_Over_When_You%27re_Sober_Part_2.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/635990097&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>47. Exploded View <i>Obey</i></h1>no you<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0394183402_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3244956727/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://explodedview.bandcamp.com/album/obey">Obey by Exploded View</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>46. Satanik Goat Ritual & Goat Felch <i>[split EP]</i></h1>Have you guys seen Kendall Jenner's Instagram poppin' with all these goat sacrifice pics? Satanic virgin goat sacrifice is extremely "in" this year. It's very '90s retro, but definitely on the verge of a huge comeback for 2019. Keep on the look out for this, especially on June 6th at 6AM of this year: the 18th year after the start of the 3rd millennium. Stake my career on this prediction. Get lit. Get ready.<br /><img src="https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/3/6/3/736309.jpg" width="300"><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFpv7_HVda0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFpv7_HVda0</a><br /><br /><h1>45. Czarface & MF Doom <i>Czarface Meets Metal Face</i></h1>Babyface meets heelface.<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5a943ae1b8c3f77d9ba048a8/1:1/w_320/Czarface%20x%20MF%20Doom.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/426483498&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>44. Turnstile <i>Time & Space</i></h1>Complex manifolds.<br /><img src="https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2018/02/Turnstile-Time-And-Space-1518029934-640x6401-1519051825-640x640.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/455390061&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>43. Bongripper <i>Terminal</i></h1>They put the word "bong" in their band name. It's crazy that no one else has thought of this yet.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0938387168_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=187149837/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://bongripper.bandcamp.com/album/terminal">Terminal by Bongripper</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>42. Fatima <i>And Yet It’s All Love</i></h1>noice<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1035460681_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4151274571/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://fatima.bandcamp.com/album/and-yet-its-all-love">And Yet It&#39;s All Love by Fatima</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>41. Kids See Ghosts <i>Kids See Ghosts</i></h1><i>The Sixth Sense 2</i><br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5b1af5ba0e0e204a9b9bf262/1:1/w_320/kidsseeghosts.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/536723697&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>40. Senyawa <i>Sujud</i></h1>Demon priest<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0851719442_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2715443432/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://sublimefrequencies.bandcamp.com/album/sujud">Sujud by Senyawa</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>39. Mitski <i>Be the Cowboy</i></h1>no you<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2337835939_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1867698700/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/be-the-cowboy">Be the Cowboy by Mitski</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>38. Windhand & Satan’s Satyrs <i>[split EP]</i></h1>Virginia scene rep.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0008682932_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=672933288/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://windhand.bandcamp.com/album/split-with-satans-satyrs">Split with Satan&#39;s Satyrs by Windhand</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>37. Mister Goblin <i>Final Boy</i></h1>When the frustrations of Finals Week get way too intense and overbearing, there's no need to fear: Finals Boy is here. Oh damn tho, R.I.P. Two Inch. We hardly knew yee. The new era is among us. If you'd like to learn more on this topic, check out the Gatworld EP also posted below.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0529710900_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1244002251/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/final-boy">Final Boy by Mister Goblin</a></iframe><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1426933417/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://gatwood.bandcamp.com/album/gatworld-vol-1">Gatworld Vol. 1 by Gatwood</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>36. Big Ups <i>Two Parts Together</i></h1>Goddamnit - not again. R.I.P. Big Ups, we will miss the tomfoolery and shenanigans. Also we just found out Jerry's dead. Where to turn in these trying times? Is Phish still around? The dude on the other side of the coffee shop is creepily staring and nodding "yes" so that means Phish still exists. Not sure how that's possible, but w/e.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3376063017_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1307757516/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://bigups.bandcamp.com/album/two-parts-together">Two Parts Together by Big Ups</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>35. Optiganally Yours <i>O.Y. In Hi-Fi</i></h1>Sup Rob.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0475673610_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3442950908/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://optiganallyyours.bandcamp.com/album/o-y-in-hi-fi">O.Y. In Hi-Fi by Optiganally Yours</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>34. Marlowe <i>Marlowe</i></h1>"Christopher Marlowe wrote all my plays." - William Shakespeare<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1189728449_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=743974183/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://lorange360.bandcamp.com/album/marlowe">Marlowe by Marlowe (L&#39;Orange &amp; Solemn Brigham)</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>33. Courtney Barnett <i>Tell Me How You Really Feel</i></h1>no you<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3297919058_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=550432153/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://courtneybarnett.bandcamp.com/album/tell-me-how-you-really-feel">Tell Me How You Really Feel by courtney barnett</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>32. Beach House <i>7</i></h1>One day all 7 will die. 7 periods of school, 7 beatings a day, roughly 7 stitches a beating, and eventually 7 years to life.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2791467180_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1030921102/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://beachhouse.bandcamp.com/album/7">7 by Beach House</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>31. Satan’s Satyrs <i>The Lucky Ones</i></h1>Not as lucky as you're gonna be.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2611033060_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2388232432/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://satanssatyrs.bandcamp.com/album/the-lucky-ones">The Lucky Ones by Satan&#39;s Satyrs</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>30. Mariah Carey <i>Caution</i></h1>Thanks for the warning. **Proceeds with caution.**<br /><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Mariah_Carey_-_Caution.png" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/645029148&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>29. Protes Bengt <i>In Bengt We Trust</i></h1>We're confused. Was half of this recorded in 1985 and half in 2018? Is that the story? (We're actually serious. This might be a thing.)<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a4179524275_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3820069055/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://protesbengt.bandcamp.com/album/pick-your-bengt-12">Pick your Bengt 12&quot; by Protes Bengt</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>28. Negative Scanner <i>Nose Picker</i></h1>Huge trend for 2019: All the biggest corporate-ass big-money pop stars begin preparation for album covers that look identical to this one. <br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1742771030_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=245225388/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://negativescanner.bandcamp.com/album/nose-picker">Nose Picker by Negative Scanner</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>27. Year Of The Knife <i>First State Aggression</i></h1>This band is from Delaware. We did not know music existed there. (Damnit, they pulled this album from Bandcamp over the past week or 2. Stream their other stuff at the link posted below...) <br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2581421567_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><a href="https://yearoftheknife.bandcamp.com/">https://yearoftheknife.bandcamp.com/</a><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=526579811/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://yearoftheknife.bandcamp.com/album/first-state-aggression">First State Aggression by Year of the Knife</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>26. Amerie <i>After 4AM</i></h1>A new way to do <i>Sweat</i>/<i>Suit</i> is to just record one LP worth of stuff and then separate the halves into one party EP and one bedroom EP. So with <i>After 4AM</i>, Amerie's either suggesting "two different moods" or "here's a 2nd EP of stuff that didn't fit onto the one that my record label thought sounded better." So <i>After 4AM</i> might be the "b-sides" or "non-album-tracks" block, effectively aligning itself with the superior quality of other mid-2010s "bonus" sections. <br />Note: We couldn't find an online stream for this EP, but the other one is on Bandcamp. Both are available at her website: <a href="http://www.amerie.co/">http://www.amerie.co/</a>.<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5bd21c400ea26e4eadbd1cbe/1:1/w_320/amerie_after4am.jpg" width="300"><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQTOT0LCO7Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQTOT0LCO7Y</a><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4183741573/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://amerie.bandcamp.com/album/4am-mulholland">4am Mulholland by Amerie</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>25. Kamaal Williams <i>The Return</i></h1>Dress up in your fanciest club attire, and pour a fancy drink, and meander indoors alone, and look at things.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3819975427_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3515419127/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://kamaalwilliams.bandcamp.com/album/the-return">The Return by Kamaal Williams</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>24. Jóhann Jóhannsson <i>Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</i></h1>JESUS FREAKS! THEY LIT HER ON <i>FIRE</i>!<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2025772980_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4261361150/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://mandysoundtrack.bandcamp.com/album/mandy-original-motion-picture-soundtrack">Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Jóhann Jóhannsson</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>23. Surface To Air Missive <i>Surface II Air Missive</i></h1>More fun facts about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_(band)">Surface</a>:<br />- One of the band members hails from Stamford, Connecticut, a location that Corey Graves recently labelled "the cultural epicenter of the world."<br />- Despite much confusion, they are not the same band as Surface To Air Missive from Athens, Georgia.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1229770970_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=350047266/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://surfacetoairmissive.bandcamp.com/album/surface-ii-air-missive">Surface II Air Missive by Surface to Air Missive</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>22. Ariana Grande <i>Sweetener</i></h1><i>Sweetener</i> is here because the stronger half would have been EP of the year - or it should have been combined with the strongest 6 songs from <i>Thank U Next</i>. Are there plans for Walmart to throw together a special 1-disc release of this type (like <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Guns-N-Roses-Use-Your-Illusion/master/1167578">that weird <i>Use Your Illusion</i> comp</a> that awkwardly kicks off with "Live And Let Die")? Coulda woulda shoulda. <br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5b77198cb1f53320b62b980a/1:1/w_320/ariana%20grande_Sweetener.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/584480391&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>21. Sheck Wes <i>Mudboy</i></h1>They're bringing back Mudd Jeans but only for boys age 8-14. <br />(Fun Fact: That kid Kenny who preferred to be called "Buhhd" (Rudy's friend) was in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAhp17Mp7Xs">the "Warm It Up" video</a>. It's probably too soon for fun facts about characters from THAT specific show, but Bud and Rudy never did anything shitty. Leave Bud and Rudy alone.)<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5bb635d526c20b7bcebf0d40/1:1/w_320/Sheck%20Wes_Mud%20Boy.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/616689939&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>20. Fritz Welch <i>A Desire to Push Forward Without Gaining Access to Anything</i></h1>Jaap Blonk's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tib_hID-Ck4"><i>Flux De Bouche</i></a> sounds like he means it now more than ever. Cathartic but also drugs.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0055299238_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=17469475/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://adesiretopushforward.bandcamp.com/album/a-desire-to-push-forward-without-gaining-access-to-anything">a desire to push forward without gaining access to anything by Fritz Welch</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>19. Thingy <i>Morbid Curiosity</i></h1>Yo Rob, you good?<br /><img src="https://t2.genius.com/unsafe/300x300/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.genius.com%2F4a49b9402732c5a7a085b5bdb34226cc.600x600x1.jpg"><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBtxTVXeQog">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBtxTVXeQog</a><br /><br /><h1>18. Stove <i>’s Favorite Friend</i></h1>If we had to narrow it down to four, our favorite breads of 2018 are probably marble rye, focaccia, olive bread, and (of course) pumpernickel. Baguettes go really well with fresh mozzarella and some olive oil with a dash of salt. It's a tough call though. Really they're all our favorites. It's a tough call.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3791702200_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2143898508/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/s-favorite-friend">&#39;s Favorite Friend by Stove</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>17. Lil B <i>Options</i></h1><i>"Lil B Pardons Carmelo Anthony: No Curse For Carmelo."</i> Aside from <i>Black Ken</i>, this is his most based mixtape since <i>Hoop Life</i>.<br /><img src="https://t2.genius.com/unsafe/300x300/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.genius.com%2Feb5011d6a14dd56a11493b18d8bd57d8.626x626x1.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/637406565&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>16. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats <i>Wasteland</i></h1>Allow us to be among the first to tell you how good you look today: We can tell you with certainty that you look especially great today because we can see you right now because you don't have tape over your webcam. You really do look great though.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1698736470_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><a href="https://riseaboverecords.com/artists/riseaboveartists/uncleacid/">https://riseaboverecords.com/artists/riseaboveartists/uncleacid/</a><br /><br /><h1>15. Playboi Carti <i>Die Lit</i></h1>Polka dot. Ice water.<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5af5c8abfbc28847a52eed4e/1:1/w_320/Die%20lit.jpg" width="300"><br /><a href="https://www.datpiff.com/Playboi-Carti-Die-Lit-mixtape.896406.html">https://www.datpiff.com/Playboi-Carti-Die-Lit-mixtape.896406.html</a><br /><br /><h1>14. Mamitri Yulith Empress Yonagunisan <i>Yulith Lilith</i></h1>Warning sticker not shown in photo. <i>"This already sounds like tripping one's balls off. No drugs necessary."</i><br /><img src="https://img.discogs.com/C2Y41ivQwiBi9jwvuxfJQMZJlUE=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-11820096-1522943822-8397.jpeg.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/479146632&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>13. Ovlov <i>Tru</i></h1><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/Tru_by_Hilton_logo.svg" width="130"><br />Brought to you by Tru By Hilton. Now with more quality, more comfort, and less jizz than ever before.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1467142210_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1834769662/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://ovlov.bandcamp.com/album/tru">TRU by Ovlov</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>12. Kali Uchis <i>Isolation</i></h1><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oswMuk27Jz0/XFzvls8yKTI/AAAAAAAAIWk/m2NbiQsBYL4AdYxGoZwxYrz9U0asuKWFACLcBGAs/s1600/south-park-s11e03c01-lice-outbreak-16x9.jpg" width="180"><br />Hello Kali. How's my behbeh? <i>You mean me or the little one?</i> ... I mean both.<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5abab7a85e23946add2802fd/1:1/w_320/Isolation.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/491174433&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>11. Mindforce <i>Excalibur</i></h1>You want some of this: <a href="https://bbbrecords.bandcamp.com/">https://bbbrecords.bandcamp.com/</a> like srsly<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2689192349_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2808813189/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://bbbrecords.bandcamp.com/album/excalibur">Excalibur by MINDFORCE</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>10. Kacey Musgraves <i>Golden Hour</i></h1>"That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it." - Kacey (with the Sunshine Band)<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5ab41f308195c0189f1354ee/1:1/w_320/Golden%20hour%20Kacey%20Musgraves.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/485875671&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>09. Freddie Gibbs <i>Freddie</i></h1>Contrary to popular belief, Freddie Gibbs named the title of this album after world renowned physicist Frederick "Freddie" Reines (1918-1998), winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for the neutrino experiment and intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle through subsequent thorough investigation of its fundamental properties.<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5b3241420e04ca4ea852e5b2/1:1/w_320/Freddie.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/544793070&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>08. Flasher <i>Constant Image</i></h1><i>"Hi this is Flasher and you're listening to our favorite radio station DC101 -- all the hits all the time, with Wendy Williams in the afternoon."</i> DC101 were there for Bad Brains and Fugazi. And now they shall soak in the downpour of Flasher. Sky's the limit.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2267698561_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=454848065/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://flasherdc.bandcamp.com/album/constant-image">Constant Image by Flasher</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>07. Earl Sweatshirt <i>Some Rap Songs</i></h1>More than just a few rap songs. Those final 5-6 minutes deepen and widen the <i>SRS</i> brood. Seldomly explored territory. Every new Earl record creeps further into the zone of barely decipherable pitch-shifted rhymes warbling over samples of cinder blocks dragged over concrete filtered through 3 or 4 Big Muff pedals. Earl is our "Artist of the Decade" thanks to his TWO "Album of the Year" prizes (2010 & 2013), a top three (2015), and a top 10 (this year, duh). <br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5bfc2567b3693510111d42c4/1:1/w_320/earl_some%20rap%20songs.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/647855931&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>06. Robyn <i>Honey</i></h1>Concept albums about the bees are typically reserved for only the dopest and most coolest people in the world of audiovisual entertainment. Shia LaBeouf's new movie <i>Honey Boy</i> <a href="https://variety.com/2019/film/markets-festivals/shia-labeouf-amazon-honey-boy-1203126477/">got picked up by Amazon for a cool $14 Mil</a> while a new documentary about young impoverished beekeepers called <i>Honeyland</i> <a href="http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/macedonian-sundance-winners-set-up-donations-for-honeyland-kids-02-04-2019">helped initiate a GoFundMe</a> to support the film's subjects. 2019 will be the year of the bees, and Hellrazor / Lip Keebler / Dead Wives are humbled to announce that we were <a href="https://lkhellrazor.bandcamp.com/album/buzzy-fuzzy">years ahead of the curve</a> and influential enough to provide inspiration to good friends like dear Robyn who took our lead and ran with it. We appreciate the nod.<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5bce22bc3dcfee51ccad156e/1:1/w_320/robyn%20honey.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/630808905&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>05. Three Knee Deep <i>Wrong World</i></h1>Matchbox 25 Ta Life. You can't even call this shit a war! Wars end!<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3450601173_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3519681883/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://bbbrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-world">Wrong World by Three Knee Deep</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>04. Sleep <i>The Sciences</i></h1>The Call of Ktulu. Creepy astronaut, where you at? <br />Giving new meaning to this meme:<br /><img width="150" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c3-ZWWjx6sE/XFjNiKR7FLI/AAAAAAAAIRo/tILrg5QldJIJl4RM-JCH-oZ2ITvQM3ErQCLcBGAs/s1600/GrxOubM.jpg"><br />Hell yeah it did!<br />"I'm sleep." - Earl Sweatshirt<br /><img src="https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5ada126b2c39e92029a3ae90/1:1/w_320/sleep-the-sciences-1524167366-compressed1-1524186011-compressed.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="70%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/501829248&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><br /><br /><h1>03. No Age <i>Snares Like A Haircut</i></h1>This time we mean it: <i>Snares</i> actually is their best since <i>Nouns</i>, from the noisiest and greatest verse-chorus rock band of the past 10 years. Welcome back fellas.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2361037514_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=674600051/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://noage.bandcamp.com/album/snares-like-a-haircut">Snares Like A Haircut by No Age</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>02. Windhand <i>Eternal Return</i></h1><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Grunge is cool again</p>&mdash; Rivers Cuomo (@RiversCuomo) <a href="https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/946859642918965248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2607144416_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1416850829/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://windhand.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-return">Eternal Return by Windhand</a></iframe><br /><br /><h1>01. Beak> <i>>>></i></h1>Yes, that's really what the album is called. The title refers to its greatness being 3 times the size of all others.<br /><img src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1291098534_10.jpg" width="300"><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 70%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=581054831/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/license_id=118/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://beak.bandcamp.com/album/-">&gt;&gt;&gt; by Beak&gt;</a></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-28730224891097427372019-01-25T19:40:00.000-05:002019-01-25T19:40:58.617-05:0023 Times Mr. McMahon Gave Us Life (aka Best WWE Things Of 2018)<center><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DOn-SAt8JhU/XEqEV_qj-fI/AAAAAAAAIJ0/JTA_F4M-rBA4dxJf9B8CRKWxlYT4Y4r_gCLcBGAs/s1600/2018screencap03.jpg" width="300"></center><br />It's Royal Rumble weekend - a good time to reflect on the past year for Mr. McMahon.<br /><br />Was 2018 a good year?<br />We originally thought "no." <br />After all, this was the year <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_K4z_7fvGA">Sami Zayn challenged Bobby Lashley to an army-style obstacle course</a> to prove his valor.<br />2018 was the year <a href="https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1006350545592954882">The Riott Squad reenacted the "Complicated" video</a>.<br />This was the year <i>Raw</i> and <i>SmackDown</i> joined forces to record <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4K7EcyUev4">the worst song of 2018</a>.<br />This was the year audiences boo'd Roman Reigns every week only for him to take a leave of absence due to a battle with cancer.<br />Alexa Bliss, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Braun Strowman, Paige, John Cena, Dean Ambrose and probably 10 other people also took extended absences or sustained debilitating injury. <br />This was the year <i>Raw</i> relieved Kurt Angle as GM and prominently replaced him with Boring Corbin (aka "Baron Boring").<br />This was the year Triple H and Shawn Michaels should not have reunited but did anyway.<br />This was the year of <a href="https://comicbook.com/wwe/2018/11/27/raw-wwe-worst-episode-ever-history-/">"The Worst <i>Raw</i> Of All Time."</a><br /><br />However, we put a list together anyway. Was this a good year? The answer might not be "no," but rather we're thinking the answer is closer to "sort of." <br /><br />On a more positive note, <a href="https://www.iwnerd.com/five-star-matches-wwewwf-history/">4 of WWE's 9 five-star matches took place this year</a>. And at its best, the shows were often very funny.<br /><br />These are not really ordered, but the first 5 or 6 are better than the stuff at the bottom.<br /><br /><h1>#1. Velveteen Dream's entrance (<i>NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia</i>, Jan 27)</h1>Not included in video: slowly rolling around on the floor of the ring for 45 seconds.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8XeNpCJ-tXo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><h1>#2 Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar vs. jaded audience members (<i>Survivor Series</i>, Nov 18)</h1>Brock Lesnar was interesting once in 2018. Audience dude should have meme'd harder.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aZh_V3uGnWg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welp... <a href="https://t.co/XOU0KEIqYp">pic.twitter.com/XOU0KEIqYp</a></p>&mdash; TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) <a href="https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1064361074781233152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2018</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br /><h1>#3. Becky Lynch ambush with broken face (<i>Raw</i>, Nov 12)</h1>Everyone else's #1. <br />Honorable mention: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwCF8DKLIoA">Dean Ambrose promo with burning trash cans</a> from the same night<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aIWL7LR46cs" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><h1>4. Braun Strowman gets a Pitchfork headline for smashing Elias with an upright bass (<i>Raw</i>, Feb 12)</h1><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch enormous man and noted destroyer-of-things Braun Strowman attack a rival wrestler with an upright bass <a href="https://t.co/bJNygKUkFD">https://t.co/bJNygKUkFD</a> <a href="https://t.co/MqQ3c86k6l">pic.twitter.com/MqQ3c86k6l</a></p>&mdash; Pitchfork (@pitchfork) <a href="https://twitter.com/pitchfork/status/963426244695089152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2018</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br /><h1>#5. Gargano vs. Ciampa (<i>NXT Takeover: New Orleans</i>, April 7)</h1><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GL7spGrG8P4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><h1>#6. Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy: "The Ultimate Deletion" featuring lawnmowers and drones (<i>Raw</i>, March 19)</h1><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nw8LXy7A3_c" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><h1>#7. Elias vs. Gritty (<i>Raw</i>, Oct 15)</h1>Honorable mention: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L__m_fOBGck">Ronda Rowsey's 1 good promo</a> from the same night.<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heard I got called out last night by some guy with a ponytail named Jeff. <a href="https://t.co/NhvYupvpWe">pic.twitter.com/NhvYupvpWe</a></p>&mdash; Gritty (@GrittyNHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrittyNHL/status/1052218518853312513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2018</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br /><h1>#8 Nikki Cross interruption (<i>NXT</i>, Sept 26)</h1><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BtRArovOckk" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><h1>#9. (tie) John Cena runs outside (<i>Wrestlemania</i>, April 8), Braun runs to the bathroom (<i>Raw</i>, Nov 5)</h1><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cena...there are Po’ Boys and Gumbo backstage. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WrestleMania</a> <a href="https://t.co/bk0gSZr7Hy">pic.twitter.com/bk0gSZr7Hy</a></p>&mdash; Kendall B. (@kendallb511) <a href="https://twitter.com/kendallb511/status/983134072112201728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2018</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Exit, stage left! <a href="https://t.co/Wxz90Qv1Gl">pic.twitter.com/Wxz90Qv1Gl</a></p>&mdash; TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) <a href="https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1059616598758223872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2018</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br /><h1>#10. The New Day, Rusev, No Way Jose's conga line, and Bobby Roode interrupt Elias' big song (<i>Backlash</i>, May 6)</h1><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8os2p2sJjhM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><h1>#11. The worst <i>Raw</i> of all time (<i>Raw</i>, Nov 26)</h1>Episodes like this are why we started watching. Vince put a lot of hard work into writing this piece of shit. We thank him.<br /><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-biDfSnq7BiE/XEqRueH6JRI/AAAAAAAAIKM/B4zWceWBo5kV3Ry2uz1szrNdBsnYwFTTACLcBGAs/s1600/signal-2018-11-26-205819.jpg" width="300"><img src="https://media.comicbook.com/2018/11/dean-ambrose-nsfw-1146083-1280x0.jpeg" width="300"><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sRbtQll-iL0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />And more stuff...<br /><br /><b>#12. Bobby Lashley sisters promo (<i>Raw</i>, May 7)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WbuKWyOKpJM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#13. Velteteen Dream's "Call Me Up Vince" pants (<i>NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4</i>, August 18)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aGfba06inw8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#14. Bayley's false heel turn (<i>Raw</i>, June 25)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oRNTh5NabOE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#15. Kevin Owens cuts a promo on his cat (<a href="https://twitter.com/FightOwensFight">@FightOwensFight</a>, Nov 13)</b><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Then there’s this dumbass who just shoves his paw in the water and then licks it instead of drinking like any normal, sensible animal. His name is Junior and we’re not sure he’s actually a cat. <a href="https://t.co/Gcofep794p">pic.twitter.com/Gcofep794p</a></p>&mdash; Soon...ish (@FightOwensFight) <a href="https://twitter.com/FightOwensFight/status/1062549634244067328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2018</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br /><b>#16. Women's Royal Rumble features Trish Stratus, Lita, Jacqueline, Michelle McCool and Vickie Guerrero (<i>Royal Rumble</i>, Jan 28)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DYok_7Rat0w" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#17. The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan 3-part promo (<i>SmackDown</i>, Aug 14)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RN7om-8-tn4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#18. Dean Ambrose turns heel moments after Roman's cancer announcement (<i>Raw</i>, Oct 22)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ovlJtmqEZUY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#19. Sami Zayn's reading glasses (<i>Raw</i>, April 16)</b><br /><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/1BGenmw4jp9hU7BCbg" width="480" height="258" frameBorder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowFullScreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#20. Seth Rollins just keeps on going for 65 minutes (<i>Raw</i>, Feb 19)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uu99R0zAUEw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#21. "The New" Daniel Bryan debuts as a leftist SJW heel (<i>SmackDown</i>, Nov 13 & Nov 20)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/syqTbCdY2XM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#22. Braun pulls a port-o-potty carrying Kevin Owens (<i>Raw</i>, July 2)</b><br /><iframe width="360" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MU-U2yIOUl4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>#23. Seth's face when Dean came back (<i>Raw</i>, Aug 13)</b><br /><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TgP4DHEl0PU/XEqOfo0abeI/AAAAAAAAIKA/NitrL36BsB8_MYKcay1fb4kDJaYCoswRACLcBGAs/s1600/signal-2018-08-14-142205.jpg" width="300"><br /><br />Also when Elias nailed that 1 solo and smiled but we forget when that happened.mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-58088818696942171032019-01-05T17:41:00.002-05:002019-01-05T17:41:55.690-05:00Get Ready Because It's MTVZ's Top 100 Of 2018 Video Countdown<i>From one hundred all the way down to number one. Comin' at cha. We're gonna count all of them down, right here, right now. It's MTVZ's Top 100 Video Countdown of 2018.</i><br /><br />Hello good friends! We have good news for you: When you don't know where else to turn, there's always MTVZ. They would never steer anyone in the wrong direction. Not never.<br /><br />And today, we're counting down all of the most gigantic videos of the year as chosen by the staff of MTVZ. <br /><br />The newest MTVZ with all 100 videos has been posted below. (As of today, the top 30 have been posted. They'll be joined by the rest early next week!)<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLE2yvLFuEX-hb-ULJsPzVx-nmo9Torpun" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />100. DJ Burn “He’s My President”<br />99. Nicki Minaj f/ Lil Wayne “Good Form”<br />98. Action Bronson “White Bronco”<br />97. Empress Of “When I’m With Him”<br />96. Sting & Shaggy “Gotta Get Back My Baby”<br />95. Dusk “Leaf”<br />94. Big Freedia “Rent”<br />93. Lil Xan & Charli XCX “Moonlight”<br />92. Cazzu “Chapiadora”<br />91. Silk City, GoldLink & Desiigner “Loud”<br />90. Ariana Grande “Breathin”<br />89. Slipknot “All Out Life”<br />88. Cut Chemist “Moonlightin’ With Biz”<br />87. Greta Van Fleet “Highway Tune”<br />86. Gouge Away “Only Friend”<br />85. Dilly Dally “Marijuana”<br />84. E-40 f/ Vince Staples & G Perico “Ain’t Talking Bout Nothin”<br />83. Rico Nasty “Ice Cream”<br />82. Turnstile “Bomb” / “I Don’t Wanna Be Blind”<br />81. Stefflon Don “Lil Bitch”<br />80. MNEK “Tongue”<br />79. Tenement “Garden of Secrecy” <br />78. Flasher “Pressure”<br />77. Nicki Minaj “Barbie Dreams”<br />76. DRAM “Best Hugs”<br />75. Lizzo “Boys”<br />74. Kim Petras “Heart to Break”<br />73. Drake “In My Feelings”<br />72. Terry “Bureau” <br />71. Charli XCX “5 In The Morning”<br />70. Andrew WK “You’re Not Alone”<br />69. Jean Grae & Quelle Chris “Gold Purple Orange”<br />68. Melody’s Echo Chamber “Breathe In, Breathe Out”<br />67. Big Ups “PPP”<br />66. Jo Passed “MDM”<br />65. Aphex Twin “T69 Collapse”<br />64. Stove “Duckling Fantasy”<br />63. Young Thug f/ Elton John “High”<br />62. Bas & A$AP Ferg “Boca Raton”<br />61. Vince Staples “FUN!”<br />60. Migos “Stir Fry”<br />59. Bat Fangs “Wolfbite”<br />58. Teenage Wrist “Swallow”<br />57. 2 Chainz f/ YG & Offset “Proud”<br />56. Mason Ramsey “Famous”<br />55. Broods “Peach”<br />54. Kali Uchis f/ Steve Lacy “Just a Stranger”<br />53. Candy “Good To Feel”<br />52. Ella Mai “Trip”<br />51. Kero Kero Bonito “If I’d Known”<br />50. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats “Shockwave City”<br />49. Lil B “YCFMB”<br />48. No Age “Send Me”<br />46. Rico Nasty “Counting Up”<br />45. Famous Dex “Ridin Thru”<br />44. Nicki Minaj “Chun Li”<br />43. The Glow “Beamer”<br />42. Kodak Black “When Vultures Cry”<br />41. Lil Yachty f/ Ugly God “BOOM!”<br />40. Kendrick Lamar & SZA “All The Stars”<br />39. Ariana Grande “God Is A Woman”<br />38. Lil Peep “Runaway”<br />37. Robyn “Honey” <br />36. Courtney Barnett “Need a Little Time”<br />35. Carly Rae Jepsen “Party For One”<br />34. Adrianne Lenker “Symbol”<br />33. Lil Wayne f/ Swizz Beatz “Uproar”<br />32. Unknown Mortal Orchestra “American Guilt”<br />31. Flasher “Material”<br />30. Kayne West & Lil Pump “I Love It”<br />29. Kim Petras “I Don’t Want It At All”<br />28. Pig Destroyer “Mt. Skull”<br />27. Zedd & Maren Morris “The Middle”<br />26. Mariah Carey “GTFO”<br />25. Parquet Courts “Wide Awake”<br />24. Beach House “Lemon Glow”<br />23. Rae Sremmurd f/ Pharrell “Chanel”<br />22. Bruno Mars f/ Cardi B “Finesse (Remix)”<br />21. Windhand “Red Cloud”<br />20. Bali Baby “Backseat”<br />19. Migos f/ Drake “Walk It Talk It”<br />18. Paramore “Caught In The Middle”<br />17. Pusha T “If You Know You Know”<br />16. Rosalia “Malamente”<br />15. Weezer “Africa”<br />14. Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake “King’s Dead”<br />13. Ariana Grande “Thank U Next”<br />12. Cardi B f/ Bad Funny & J Balvin “I Like It”<br />11. Rae Sremmurd f/ Juicy J “Powerglide”<br />10. Mitski “Nobody”<br />09. Childish Gambino “This Is America”<br />08. Flasher “Who’s Got Time?”<br />07. Kali Uchis f/ Tyler The Creator “After The Storm”<br />06. Ella Mai “Boo’d Up”<br />05. Valee f/ Jeremih “Womp Womp”<br />04. Windhand “Grey Garden”<br />03. Sheck Wes “Mo Bamba”<br />02. Kacey Musgraves “High Horse”<br />01. Ariana Grande “No Tears Left To Cry”mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-63578681424059943842019-01-04T17:46:00.000-05:002019-01-04T17:46:59.957-05:00Wiz Vids 2018: The Big Big Big Big List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ib-fhSzU-Po/XC_iJFuR6CI/AAAAAAAAHtU/5sYSBYjvy4I03VohWKU_ag_sHmomlpUTACLcBGAs/s1600/Screen_Shot_2018_10_19_at_11.53.16_AM.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ib-fhSzU-Po/XC_iJFuR6CI/AAAAAAAAHtU/5sYSBYjvy4I03VohWKU_ag_sHmomlpUTACLcBGAs/s400/Screen_Shot_2018_10_19_at_11.53.16_AM.0.png" width="400" height="267" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="800" /></a></div><br />TOP 10:<br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/wiz-kids-2018-10-stefflon-don-lil-bitch.html">#10: Stefflon Don “Lil Bitch”</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/wiz-vids-2018-8-ariana-grande-breathin.html">#9: Ariana Grande "breathin"</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/wiz-vids-2018-8-2-chainz-f-yg-offset.html">#8: 2 Chainz f/ YG & Offset “Proud”</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/wiz-vids-2018-7-kayne-west-lil-pump-f.html">#7: Kanye West & Lil Pump f/ Adele Givens "I Love It"</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/wiz-vids-2018-6-rosalia-malamente.html">#6: Rosalia “Malamente”</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/wiz-vids-2018-5-tenement-garden-of.html">#5: Tenement “Garden of Secrecy”</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/wiz-vids-2018-4-lil-yachty-f-ugly-god.html">#4: Lil Yachty f/ Ugly God "BOOM!"</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/wiz-vids-2018-3-pig-destroyer-mt-skull.html">#3: Pig Destroyer “Mt. Skull”</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/wiz-vids-2018-2-sheck-wes-mo-bamba.html">#2: Sheck Wes “Mo Bamba”</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/wiz-vids-2018-1-flasher-material.html">#1: Flasher "Material"</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/wiz-vids-2018-0-childish-gambino-this.html">#0: Childish Gambino "This Is America"</a><br /><br />Honorable Mentions:<br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/wiz-vids-2018-hm-famous-dex-ridin-thru.html">Famous Dex "Ridin Thru"</a><br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/wiz-vids-2018-hm-broods-peach.html">Broods "Peach"</a><br /><br />Bonus:<br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/wiz-vids-2018-shown-us-bonus.html">Crack Cloud "Uncanny Valley"<br />Lil B “YCFMB”<br />Little Big “Skibidi”<br />Sting & Shaggy “Gotta Get Back My Baby”</a><br /><br />For Fun:<br /><a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/wiz-vids-2018-starts-now.html">DJ Burn "He's My President"<br />Candy “Good To Feel”<br />Three Knee Deep (Full Set) at FYA Fest 2018<br />Peste Noire "Aristocrasse"<br />Melody’s Echo Chamber “Breathe In, Breathe Out”<br />Connan Mockasin "Charlotte's Thong"</a>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-87014253929513032382019-01-04T17:09:00.001-05:002019-01-04T17:09:28.252-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #0: Childish Gambino "This Is America"This website granted a #0 one other time in 2015 for Kendrick Lamar's "Alright." It's a special award for videos deemed as culturally important that have already been discussed by literally every other web source in existence. Combining elaborately intricate camera movement and choreography with acutely bleak social commentary, "This Is America" rests at a crossroads of "Alright" and another video directed by Hiro Murai; Flying Lotus & Kendrick's "Never Stop Me" fit the same #0 criteria but felt dope enough to become <a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/vid-kids-2014-1-flying-lotus-featuring.html">our #1 video of 2014</a>. "This Is America" is now by far Hiro Murai's most popular work to date and prompted Billboard magazine to (incorrectly) label 2018 the dawn of <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8466248/music-video-golden-age">a new music video golden age</a>.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VYOjWnS4cMY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-54898931243011710182019-01-03T16:09:00.003-05:002019-01-03T16:13:23.255-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #1: Flasher "Material"Did you fall for the troll at 0:20? We sure did, but that's partially because we had actual IRL trouble with our modem signal dropping. Several phonecalls later, Xfinity cancelled our tech visit's 12PM-5PM arrival window claiming all service had been restored, only to leave us staring once again at Flasher frozen in mid-rockage. "Material" is like one of those tweets or Facebook posts where someone loudly complains about how much they hate the extremely free platform they're using to speak to everyone who is reading. We are guilty of this. Because all of them suck. But they're also amazing. Everyone in 1998 who said "the internet is evil" was right. Everyone in 2009 who said "Facebook is evil" was harrowingly on point. And the cycle continues...<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xec88kwLZ1Q" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-18360808136096983492019-01-03T15:45:00.000-05:002019-01-03T15:45:08.859-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #2: Sheck Wes “Mo Bamba”Like Young Thug's video that <a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/vids-are-alright-2017-1-young-thug.html">placed #1 last year</a>, here's a hiphop clip owing much of its dopeness to IRL circumstances. In <a href="https://www.thefader.com/2018/07/03/sheck-wes-mo-bamba-interview">a Fader Q&A from last summer</a>, Sheck Wes casually mentions how he used to steal ankle braces from a Modell's in downtown Manhattan. Whether it was staged, the injury aspect might strike a personal chord for Wes. For others, it's 2018's equivalent of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNIHSQ9iLzM">Andrew WK's wheelchair-bound performance at the 2003 Spike Videogame Awards</a> crossed with the final explosive minute of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg">"Smells Like Teen Spirit" video</a>. Most video directors would have left it at that and called it a day, but they upped the ante opting to fuse an additional narrative that kinda looked like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcN2i9GKsFQ">Darren Aronofsky's <i>Pi</i></a> - similar dramatic lighting, shot in grainy black & white. All of this would be meaningless if "Mo Bamba" wasn't among the hottest jams of the year.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VWoIpDVkOH0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-21362446298872922062019-01-03T14:54:00.001-05:002019-01-03T14:55:02.183-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #3: Pig Destroyer “Mt. Skull”Since the turn of the decade, many have requested these exact proceedings during their own funeral ceremony. After recreating each specificity, Pig Destroyer threw in the extra bonus of launching the dearly departed toward the ascension of <i>Tony Hawk Pro Skater</i> Heaven. "Mt. Skull" is ultimately a very happy video, since <i>Pro Skater</i> is where all the good people go when they die despite achieving 0 out of 62 life goals. <br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7IMhNSro3GE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-12608353777693683532019-01-03T03:21:00.002-05:002019-01-03T03:24:33.027-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #4: Lil Yachty f/ Ugly God "BOOM!"There's a lot to love in this video, but the kids have left over 100 comments about the moment at 1:41. So let's just focus on that for now.<br /><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/elDHOm32JXueBTpMdV" width="480" height="270" frameBorder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowFullScreen></iframe><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NoOi8_xvjIU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-77388527765941334982019-01-03T02:51:00.002-05:002019-01-03T02:55:22.156-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #5: Tenement “Garden of Secrecy” Milwaukee legend Mark Borchardt's follow-up to his 1997 horror short <i>Coven</i> could still wrap anytime now. The delayed completion of <i>Northwestern</i> (in production since 2000) and <i>Scare Me</i> (in production since 2004) hopefully received some motivational juice circa-2014 after a few unexpected Borchardt-directed music promos crept onto YouTube (including videos for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gEsSWdhAQI">Big D and the Kids Table</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmed643gHOI">Tapebenders</a>). Around the same time about 80 miles west in Madison, Wisconsin, Tenement were adding the finishing touches to their double-LP <i>Predatory Headlights</i>. It's unclear whether the "Garden Of Secrecy" video was intended to premiere before the album dropped in June 2015, but Borchardt's charmingly classic perfectionism kept the video unfinished for over three years, finally premiering this past August. It was worth the wait.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ay-z_6z39YE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-38302694081435969582019-01-03T02:20:00.003-05:002019-01-03T02:23:28.381-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #6: Rosalia “Malamente”The video directing collective CANADA peaked in 2010 with the explosive and groundbreaking clip for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIdUBVjyY5A">El Guincho's "Bombay"</a> - probably still the best music video from this entire decade by anyone. Knowing the way blogs operate today, we're certain it won't appear as the CANADA pick in many "Best Videos of the Decade" lists throughout 2019 in favor of Rosalia's "Malamente" - their 2nd best video to date for yet another exhilarating Spanish-language song. Perhaps CANADA should consider a future exclusively aligning these types of songs with rapidly intricate imagery. <br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rht7rBHuXW8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-24588588331986818552019-01-03T01:43:00.002-05:002019-01-03T14:58:51.186-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #7: Kayne West & Lil Pump f/ Adele Givens “I Love It”Spike Jonze did not direct "I Love It," but he did design the concept and has been credited as "Executive Producer," whatever that means. 2018 was a year that desperately needed this flavor of striking weirdness, but a true Spike-directed video might have felt a lot less incomplete, appropriately matching Kanye's half-finished song.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cwQgjq0mCdE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-44708881394339540132018-12-31T02:11:00.002-05:002019-01-03T15:50:20.601-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #8: 2 Chainz f/ YG & Offset “Proud”At 49, YG may be the eldest of any current prominent trap artist. 2 Chainz might be in 2nd place at age 41. When we first saw this video claiming that these were really the moms of the three rappers, we were skeptical at first. But the age range seems appropriate. We believe it. <br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2nUW3nIOOOg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-73087862594196154922018-12-30T22:35:00.002-05:002018-12-30T22:36:04.788-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #9: Ariana Grande "breathin"In the UK, you can't walk 10 feet out of your house without running into Peppa Pig, usually in an ad on the back of the bus or something. Peppa made a special celebrity cameo for Ariana's "Breathin." She shakes like a little doggy in one part somewhere in the middle. Why isn't this #1?<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QTPW_cIYp9o" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-82224991228086589452018-12-30T22:30:00.000-05:002018-12-31T02:00:30.581-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 #10: Stefflon Don “Lil Bitch”Sometimes the dentist's chair can feel the way it's described in this video. We're guessing the human in the trunk of the car covered in money is a dentist. Their profession is in danger. Beware all dentists.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bg27vlcocOE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-81781578673622176412018-12-30T22:24:00.002-05:002018-12-30T22:24:58.499-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 (HM): Famous Dex "Ridin Thru"Murderous aesthetics. There's a story buried in here somewhere. Is it his house? Or does it belong to the lady in the shower with the butt? Maybe both? Maybe neither? So many questions...<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tY_O7eZi3LE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-9243937776238198022018-12-30T21:09:00.002-05:002018-12-30T21:09:32.754-05:00Wiz Vids 2018 (HM): Broods "Peach"Good costume design in this one. Music "performance" shows in the '70s often had people lipsynch while blankly staring into the camera, and we're surprised it's taken until now for this to show up in a modern video.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eiht451O8fM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-51931558726509007492018-12-30T04:04:00.003-05:002018-12-30T04:12:41.484-05:00Wiz Vids 2018: Shown Us The BonusIf there's one thing we know, it's that bonus videos happen every year. They are what make videos happen.<br /><br /><b>Crack Cloud "Uncanny Valley"</b><br />Part 3 of their trilogy that included <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-RdU088to">2016's "Image Craft"</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM7-RXWp3Q8">2017's "Swish Swash."</a><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q6VHmmZrIDk" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>Lil B “YCFMB”</b><br />Not only does Lil B have both a sixpack and a belly at the same time, but he includes an entire extra minute of bonus footage after the song ends. And it's not because the video editor misjudged the song length. No, not at all.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EjD5upSNEfg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>Little Big “Skibidi”</b><br />We Googled "weird 2018 music videos" and several blogs wrote about this, possibly because a press release described the video that way. We did lol twice though so that's something. A similar video from 2006 has been posted below it.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mDFBTdToRmw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zUcSTyD2T7M" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>Sting & Shaggy “Gotta Get Back My Baby”</b><br />For people like us, the Sting & Shaggy album was on our mind constantly. But most people probably didn't know this album or video existed or that either artist released music in 2018. This is an exceptional video of the highest quality.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DksVPWfxeUM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-79967218211333694962018-12-30T03:31:00.002-05:002018-12-30T03:31:13.202-05:00"Wiz Vids 2018" Starts NowMusic video quality didn't necessarily drop in 2018; rap videos were as good as ever, but true milestones were tough to find. <br /><br />In 2018, the creators of this blog posted 6 more editions of MTVZ, our approximately bi-monthly magazine collecting as many compellingly strange YouTube clips and (mostly new) music videos as we can find. We like to pass it off and consume it as its own separate cable channel, since there are currently no quality music video resources as good as the MTV of 1981-1999 or the MTV2 of 1996-2002.<br /><br />The curation presents a unique challenge to create a playlist that feels like old MTV. What were the Buzz Clips of 2018? What older videos should be included? How many weird cartoons can we find to throw in between?<br /><br />Old MTV typically labelled the best videos of any given year as Breakthrough Videos, which are the types of videos we tried to locate for Wiz Vids 2018.<br /><br />Before we get into those, check these out:<br /><br /><b>DJ Burn "He's My President"</b><br />Punk as fuck.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4JM8EPWE4V4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>Candy “Good To Feel”</b><br />You know what Jesus's big mistake was? He didn't offer up a sacrifice in his stead. The cruciform is a constant reminder of that.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hAw15ZogcIs" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>Three Knee Deep (Full Set) at FYA Fest 2018</b><br />Did watch many times this year.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1p01G7My0xE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>Peste Noire "Aristocrasse"</b><br />We would not normally include lyric videos but--<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_lOdqUmUubM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>Melody’s Echo Chamber “Breathe In, Breathe Out”</b><br />Happened to us this morning, so we had to include here.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uh1fJvNa-o4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b>Connan Mockasin "Charlotte's Thong"</b><br />Alejandro Taruth's best since a few years ago.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kCU_FG7j-f4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-62919620118106717282018-12-30T00:36:00.000-05:002018-12-30T00:36:47.154-05:00Time To Spit Hot Fire 2018 Style<center><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-57H7V76G3sw/XChZGXWHNiI/AAAAAAAAHp8/POI6TgegrnQAJKhAbVNedMMf2XEcGvMGgCLcBGAs/s1600/the-four-horsemen-of-apocalypse-famine-war-death-0ozDw.jpg" width="350"></center><br />By New Years Eve, TMK will be the most fire spitting it's ever been.<br /><br />It begins now with Retro 2018.<br /><br />Last year around this time, we reported that rock and metal had improved in 2017. But nothing could have prepped us for the dopeness of loud rock in 2018 --<br /><br />which is ironic since we've never seen so many blog headlines featuring old men (guys like Flea, Bono, Slash - usually people who go by one name) in interviews complaining about the state of modern rock. (God bless Tad, the only one-named rock god to publicly complain about the complainers.)<br /><br />It was also a pretty great year for pop singles, which oddly suffered the same fate as rock music: Radio stays away from the best stuff, opting to flood the airwaves with songs written and recorded by people who hate music.<br /><br />Hiphop & R&B could use some improvement, but they were fine overall.<br /><br />The worst genre of 2018 was Pitchfork-friendly soft indie-rock. Goodbye Father John Misty. Farewell Sun Kil Moon. It was tough admitting that we actively enjoyed the Beach House album. But overall, the bands who were critical favorites between 2008 and 2011 are simply not what the world needs right now. The world needs loud and often angry rock music.<br /><br />As always, our first EOY feature lists the year's finest and most noteworthy music videos. Stick with us.....mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-64901094438546819112018-12-20T15:48:00.000-05:002018-12-20T15:48:17.279-05:00Holiday Content and the new MTVZHi there. If you're looking for some holiday content while driving or washing the dishes, why not try the Dime Store Hegemon Radio Hour's 2-part Holiday extravaganza? Over the past two Wednesdays, the show has been kicking ass in Anckorage, Alaska pumping out the wintery jams and bringing you what you need. <br /><br />We all heard a very good Hanukkah (sp?) song by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings on the "Part 1" episode the other day. Did not hear the "Part 2" yet but it's probably somehow even better than the 1st one. Also, the <a href="http://latenightnoisefm.blogspot.com">Late Night Noise</a> holiday show (the one more closely affiliated with this website) was not posted yet, so just listen to Dave's show because it was better. The shows are posted below.<br /><br />Also posted below is the most recent edition of MTVZ which somehow has been viewed over 150 times and we're not sure how that happened. It also includes lots of holiday content.<br /><br /><iframe width="100%" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2Frohlfman%2Fdecember-12-2018-dime-store-hegemon-radio-hour-christmas-episode-part-1%2F" frameborder="0" ></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="100%" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2Frohlfman%2Fdime-store-hegemon-radio-hour-christmas-episode-22-at-least-feat-carolyne-whelan-tune-on%2F" frameborder="0" ></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLE2yvLFuEX-iKvt5Kc8tTwIm0JGYEZxe6" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-13601328569870958332018-12-19T15:39:00.000-05:002018-12-19T17:24:19.084-05:00SNL "Weezer" Sketch Was Good<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ab5WvwfLuLM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br />LOL. How embarrassing (and completely in character) that THIS is what got us back here again after a month of absence.<br /><br />Weezer will not be appearing anywhere in Hot Mix 2018, so this seems like a good opportunity to fulfill our required bi-annual Weezer shit post.<br /><br /><i>SNL</i> did a Weezer sketch this past weekend. And there was no way we weren’t going to watch this, our lone <i>SNL</i> compulsion for 2018. What does this say about us? <br /><br />(Fact check: This is actually not true. In the Spring, we also watched a sketch <a href="https://tv.avclub.com/former-writer-john-mulaney-returns-to-host-a-hilarious-1825270587">highly recommended by A/V Club</a> about deciding whether to order the lobster at a diner - a fresh-sounding premise surprisingly unrelated to pop culture that felt genuinely funny throughout the sketch’s first 60 seconds. Sadly, the remaining 75% of the sketch gets overtaken by awkward <i>Les Miserables</i> parody songs. LAME.)<br /><br />We also did LOL at the Weezer sketch about 10x more than any other <i>SNL</i>-related thing we’ve seen over the past half-decade. (And yes, we’re aware that 10 x 0 = 0 but you know what we mean.) Again, what does this say about us? <br /><br />So many thoughts...<br /><br /><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QskxojETqv0/XBrEoXvEADI/AAAAAAAAHkY/ONQ1lnNSm0sfMM_QdSfZO7LLbS2chg5bACLcBGAs/s1600/weezer03%2Bs.jpg" align="right">#1 Upon hearing this sketch existed, we imagined they got four unfunny <i>SNL</i> dumbasses to dress up like Weezer. But this was not the case. Sweet relief. <br /><br />#2 If this had this been cast differently, we probably wouldn’t have laughed once. We had no idea that Leslie Jones was still around at <i>SNL</i>. As long as she is there, the show will always have one (and probably only one) genuinely funny cast member. Matt Damon with hipster glasses was the perfect choice for Leslie’s opponent. (Keenan is occasionally ok, but we’re happy he wasn’t one of the focus characters. We have no idea who the other 3 people are.)<br /><br />#3 <i>“Is this a thing people care about?”</i> <i>“I'm gathering that Rivers might be a guy in Weezer?”</i> We’re guessing this dialogue speaks on behalf of most people who were watching on Saturday. It feels super niche compared to most sketches that make it to air, even though <a href="https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-snl-parody-sheck-wes-in-ruth-bader-ginsburg-sketch/">they apparently also had a Sheck Wes parody video</a> a few weeks ago. Perhaps, it’s not all up to 74-year-old Lorne Michaels anymore. He must have some “pop culture consultants” on deck, because how the hell else would this sketch have gotten approved?<br /><br /><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--QlpWuoE0zI/XBrEtAWIATI/AAAAAAAAHkc/KzAK458MPfMebDvYk0rFSU0srHR2kRDaQCLcBGAs/s1600/WALKEN%257E1.GIF" align="right">#4 Matt Damon’s character has helped us become aware of a sector of Weezer fandom far outside of our inner circle. There are people who apparently really say things like this: <br />- <i>“You haven’t heard this? This is Weezer’s cover of ‘Africa.’ It’s good, right?”</i><br />- <i>“I mean, come on. They’re playing New Years Rockin’ Eve!”</i><br />- <i>“’Pork and Beans’ is better than ‘Buddy Holly!’”</i><br />- <i>“Weezer didn't start until Scott Shriner got there.”</i> (This can't be a real thing that people really think, can it?)<br /><br />We couldn’t help noticing (and this is definitely 100% coincidence) that Matt Damon’s character does not defend his take citing any music released between 2013-2016, the recent shockingly ok era that begat surprisingly tasteful songs like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGyBIQjU2Lk">“King of the World,”</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsrYiOfCLOU">“Everybody Needs Salvation,”</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33R241qaR8M">“I’ve Had It Up to Here.”</a> Even that awkward <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZQ5ip0YSNg">“L.A. Girlz”</a> song wasn’t bad in context. (It reminds us of the Green Album b-sides.) We got excited enough at this ok-ness that <a href="https://tastemykidsblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/best-albums-of-2016.html">we placed The White Album at #60 on our top albums of 2016</a>, which still seems accurate in retrospect.<br /><br />#5 This past summer marks a full decade since the “Pork and Beans” video premiered on YouTube. It placed very well (somewhere around #3) in <a href="https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7695-the-top-50-music-videos-of-the-2000s/">Pitchfork’s “Best Musc Videos of the '00s”</a> list, and it won the Grammy Award for “Best Music Video.” People have tried to convince us multiple times that it’s anything other than a gigantic pile of horse shit. <br /><br />"Pork and Beans" is a video full of keywords, and it launched Weezer’s “keyword” era which inevitably spawned their unfortunate “Africa” cover - a song that sadly will follow them for a very long time and will get performed at every Weezer show for the next 7-10 years no matter how 2018-specific it gets. Keywords are anti-creativity. Coincidentally, <i>SNL</i> is a show that relies on keywords in order to continue existing, occasionally dabbling in tastefulness but ultimately growing worse with every passing year - just like Weezer.<br /><br />Rivers now wonders, <a href="https://www.alternativenation.net/rivers-cuomo-asks-why-fans-dont-treat-weezer-like-pearl-jam/">“Why don’t people take us seriously like they do with Pearl Jam?”</a> My dude. Pearl Jam are not a keywords-band. There’s no memes in their songs. They just do their thing and drink wine straight from the bottle and hang out with Liz Phair at baseball games. <br /><br />We’ve seen Weezer play “You Gave Your Love to Me Softly,” “Suzanne,” and “Across The Sea” as recently as 2011. But now <a href="https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/weezer/2018/douglas-park-chicago-il-53e99bcd.html">check out their setlist from 2018’s Riot Fest</a>: “Take On Me?” “Happy Together??” “All The Small Things??” SIX cover songs??? What the fuck is honestly happening here? Are they really THAT <a href="https://www.stereogum.com/2014600/weezer-blink-182-all-the-small-things-riot-fest/video/">desperate for keywords</a>? (And again, nothing from 2013-2016 era.)<br /><br />2016 was not that long ago. Just like we all thought, they can turn it on and off anytime they want. They know exactly what they're doing. <i>SNL</i> took the bait. Weezer loved it. The frustration continues.mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-16129351908022682972018-11-10T16:46:00.001-05:002018-11-10T17:05:29.142-05:00They Shoulda Called It "The Why Album" Reissue<center><img src="https://everyrecordtellsastory.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/the-beatles-white-album-numbered-_5087.jpg" width="300"></center><br />Every fanatic of every long dead band would always rather have a fresh album of unreleased songs than 70 bonus demos. This is a scientifically proven fact. <br /><br />The Anthology series already fulfilled the "demo" requisite, but despite that, it wasn't hard to predict that The White Album reissue would fall short of expectations. The world does not need more demos, especially when there is an entire album worth of interesting shit that could have easily filled up a single 55-60 minute disc of music.<br /><br />But what's worse: If they must insist on filling this collection with endless bullshit, couldn't they at least include the holy grail of White Album outtakes? <br /><br />The greatest White Album outtake that exists is the 10-minute version of "Revolution" that acts as the official conduit between the radio version (from the b-side of "Hey Jude") and "Revolution 9." This version mysteriously <a href="https://www.beatlesbible.com/2009/02/24/unreleased-revolution-1-mix/">arrived on Soundcloud in 2009</a> and was yanked from Youtube in 2013 after <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-beatles-experimental-revolution-1-take-20-surfaces-75720/">appearing in a <i>Rolling Stone</i> headline</a>. Many would assumed that if "Apple Corps" wanted this song kept off the internet, they must have considered it valuable enough to include on a "definitive" collection of outtakes. But sadly, this was not the case. <br /><br />And why was the 17-minute "Carnival of Light" excluded from the <i>Sgt Pepper</i> reissue?<br /><br />And why haven't any of their weirdo fanclub-only Christmas collages been released? <br /><br />Why are they so afraid to get weird? Beatles fans are willing to spend money on literally any official product. It doesn't matter what the fuck it is. So one would think they might as well try to make it a little more interesting than this. Instead, we get another clone of the Anthology series. It's been 50 years. This will never happen within our lifetime. The dream is over. <br /><br />A year or 2 ago, we attempted a hypothetical "What If" album titled <i>EMI India</i>. The record could have feasibly existed if the songs from late 1967 hadn't been spread across Side 2 of <i>Magical Mystery Tour</i> and the <i>Yellow Submarine</i> soundtrack, and if they had chosen to package The White Album as a single LP instead of a double. <br /><br />This imaginary album is their most psychedelic, as it includes a half dozen songs that stretch past the 6-minute mark: "It's All Too Much," "What's The New Mary Jane," "Revolution 9," "Hey Jude," and the only inclusion from the recent White Album reissue, the 13-minute version of "Helter Skelter." And if the option were available, it would have certainly included the 10-minute "Revolution."<br /><br /><iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/mfalc/playlist/5JdouP61Gj7SeJxAwRhgF0" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-19840227828079043262018-11-03T20:27:00.001-04:002018-11-03T20:27:18.251-04:00Lost Album "Surface II Air Missive" Gets Released<i>Surface II Air Missive</i> by Surface to Air Missive - the band's lost 2nd album, intended for release between their 2013 self-titled debut and 2015's <i>Third Missive</i> - was finally posted on the band's recently launched Bandcamp page this past Monday. <br /><br />An EP of 2016-era leftovers called <a href="https://surfacetoairmissive.bandcamp.com/album/i-fell-in-ep">the <i>"I Fell In" EP</i></a> was posted on the same day.<br /><br />The lost 2nd album arrived with a disclaimer: "This album was rejected by a lot of labels." <br /><br />How is there any hope left for any rock bands or rock fans when a record this amazing can't get released on an independent label? How many more terrible bands are going to get signed between now and the end of this decade? How much longer must we be forced to hear old people complain about the state of rock music? All the while, amazing bands like Surface To Air Missive keep getting ignored. <br /><br />"People just don't like rock music anymore." Bullshit they don't. <br /><br /><iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=350047266/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://surfacetoairmissive.bandcamp.com/album/surface-ii-air-missive">Surface II Air Missive by Surface to Air Missive</a></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727791340678358392.post-62045149223681435782018-10-29T11:31:00.001-04:002018-10-29T11:31:18.661-04:00Nardwuar vs BlurThis was already posted in the most recent MTVZ, but we had to re-post here again. Why was every musician from the '90s such a fucking piece of shit? "Well, it was the '90s" is the typical response. That's just how musicians with radio hits acted in those days. (Ironically, bands are way too nice in 2018. We need to find a happy medium. Cooler heads prevail.)<br /><br />There was already a first Nardwuar vs Blur interview back in 1996, so it's not like the members of Blur weren't already familiar with the way Nardwuar conducts himself. So why in the world would Dave Rowntree want to be such a blatant piece of shit to him? Who the fuck steals Nardwuar's hat? Even fucking Wu-Tang and Odd Future didn't steal Nardwuar's hat. WHO DOES THAT???<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AkNvk2MgiCc" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>mfalcnoreply@blogger.com0